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Author
Publisher
Robert Hale
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
All are linked to the new Dorset Gardens Theatre where feisty young Betsy Brand is playing First Witch in Macbeth. It seems that a shadowy figure call The Salamander, who haunted London during the Fire, has returned to wreak cruel revenge on his enemies. With the authorities utterly baffled, Betsy takes on a new role as an investigator. She reasons that, perhaps, a clever, courageous actres can unravel the deepening mystery. But soon she faces a more...
Author
Series
Josephine Fox volume 1
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
The perfect read for fans of Sunday night drama. Foyle's War meets Jessica Fellowes in this deliciously dark tale of wartime family secrets and lies in small town England. Everyone has secrets, some are just more deadly than others . . . April 1941, Romsey, England. Josephine 'Josy' Fox hasn't set foot in Romsey in over twenty years. As an illegitimate child, her family - headed by her controlling grandfather - found her an embarrassment. Now, she...
Author
Series
Breakfast Club Adventures volume 4
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marcus and the Breakfast Club Investigators are back and better than ever, just in time for a brand new adventure! When a treasure hunt is announced at Rutherford School, Marcus teams up with his friends to win. But an otherwordly monster is set on spoiling their fun. . . Using clues from a comic book, can the Breakfast Club uncover the mystery behind the monster and find the prize? The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Treasure Hunt Monster is the fourth...
4) Dead beat
Author
Series
Kate O'Donnell volume 1
Publisher
Severn House Digital
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A tense and gripping mystery set in 1960s London and Liverpool - When photographer Kate O'Donnell takes off for London from swinging Liverpool she has two things in mind: to make a career and to track down her missing older brother. But when she does find a trace of Tom, he's still missing - leaving behind a dead flatmate and some very suspicious cops, including Harry Barnard of the vice squad. Kate determines to clear her brother's name, but her...
Author
Publisher
Manilla Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
'Something's not right here.' I was aware of Mr Booth's eyes on me, and he seemed to hold his breath. 'What do you mean?' 'In the house. With the family.' West Yorkshire, 1904. When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple from a powerful dynasty of mill owners, she hopes it will be the fresh start she needs. But as she adapts to life at the isolated Hardcastle House,...
Author
Series
A DCI Satterthwaite Mystery volume 2
Publisher
Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
A brand new DCI Jude Satterthwaite crime mystery from the bestselling Jo Allen. When one-hundred-year-old Violet Ross is found dead at Eden's End, a luxury care home hidden in a secluded nook of the Lake District's Eden Valley it's tragic, of course, but not unexpected. Except for the instantly recognisable look in her lifeless eyes... that of pure terror. DCI Jude Satterthwaite heads up the investigation, but as the deaths start to mount up it's...
Author
Series
A Midsomer Murders Mystery volume 2
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Backstage nerves are fraying, and revenge is on its way. As Causton Amateur Dramatic Society prepares for the opening night of Amadeus, in the wings Esslyn Carmichael suspects his wife is having an affair with the leading man. And where better to settle scores than the stage? Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby expects an evening of entertainment, attending only to show support for his wife. But when someone turns Esslyn?s final grand gesture into a gruesome...
Author
Publisher
Polygon
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Richard Throstle and his wife Georgina are in town with their ghoulish magic lantern show, Phantasmagoria. When Richard is found murdered in his hotel room, police sergeant Slevin takes charge of the investigation. Meanwhile, at the Royal Court Theatre, the Morgan-Drew Players theatre troupe harbour many dark secrets. An ambitious, rambunctious murder mystery, Act of Murder is a tale of magic, pornography and poisonings - with some gruesome murders...
Author
Series
Dr Jo McCready Mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
COULD YOU COMMIT A CRIME WITHOUT REALISING? On a busy train station platform, a man pulls a knife and viciously attacks another passenger before fleeing - apparently unaware of what he has just done. To the police, it looks like a terrorist attack. But Forensic Psychologist Dr Jo McCready has seen this bizarre behaviour before, in controversial psychological experiments. She knows this is no random killing spree. When a botched cold case resurfaces,...
Author
Series
Merrily Watkins volume 3
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
When a redundant church is bought by a young pagan couple, the local fundamentalist minister reacts with fury. In an isolated community on the Welsh border, a modern witch hunt begins. Diocesan Exorcist Merrily Watkins is expected to keep the lid on the cauldron ... but what she finds out will seriously test her beliefs. Also, there's the problem of the country solicitor who won't be parted from his dead wife. The mystery of five ancient churches...
Author
Series
Dr Jo McCready Mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
CAN YOU TRUST A KILLER TO CATCH HIS OWN COPYCAT? The utterly gripping new Murder in Yorkshire crime novel by the brilliant Lesley McEvoy - for fans of Happy Valley. ___________________ Jacob Malecki killed fifteen people over a thirteen-year period. At the height of the murders, Dr. Jo McCready was at university and compiled a profile of Malecki, which broke open the case and helped send him down for life. Twenty-five years later a copycat killer...
12) The missing maid
Author
Series
Baker Street Mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
PRE-ORDER NOW - A GLORIOUS SHERLOCK HOLMES-INSPIRED MYSTERY FOR FANS OF NITA PROSE AND JANICE HALLETT London, 1932. When Harriet White rebuffs the advances of her boss at the Baker Street building society where she works, she finds herself demoted to a new position? a very unusual position. Deep in the postal department beneath the bank, she is tasked with working her way through a mountain of correspondence addressed to Baker Street?s most famous...
Author
Series
Baker Street Mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
The BRAND NEW instalment in Holly Hepburn's page-turning Baker Street Mystery series. 'When did you become aware something was wrong?? ?When the screaming began?? Harriet White is no stranger to odd correspondence. Ensconced in the basement of the Baker Street building society, her job is to reply to the mail they receive on behalf of Sherlock Holmes. But while letters to the fictional sleuth may be plentiful, telegrams are rare, and so when she receives...
Author
Series
School of Alyxa volume 1
Publisher
Willow Tree Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Superhuman kids, a missing girl and a thousand-year-old mystery. The gripping adventure begins ... Finn's world is turned upside down when he and his older brother, John, are ripped from their normal lives and sent to Alyxa, an island school that doesn't appear on any map. As the unusual lessons at Alyxa begin, the brothers learn about their super-senses, but nothing can prepare them for the perils to come. To conquer their fears, they must master...
Author
Series
A Midsomer Murders Mystery volume 3
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
To the distaste of the Compton Dando villagers, the big house has been taken over by a group of New Age eccentrics. And when the first death is reported, no one is surprised ... or disappointed. The coroner rules it an accident. But only weeks later, there?s another death. And this time, it is murder. Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby is called to the scene immediately, and there?ll be no escape until he has sifted through the world of psychics, cult...
Author
Series
Miss Clara Vale Mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Embla Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Someone is killing fairy godmothers in Cinderella... Can Miss Clara Vale crack the case before the clock strikes twelve? 1929, December: Snow is falling, and Miss Clara Vale is wrapped up against the cold as she braves the icy streets of Newcastle in her latest investigation. When a young actress from the touring pantomime of Cinderella arrives at her door, Clara isn't sure what to make of her request. Sybil Langford, the legendary fairy godmother...
17) Written in blood
Author
Series
A Midsomer Murders Mystery volume 4
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Despite the fierce, and seemingly personal, objections of secretary Gerald Hadleigh, members of the Midsomer Worthy Writers' Circle press ahead and invite bestselling author Max Jennings to talk to their group. Besides, it's not as though he'll say yes. So when Jennings turns up to their meeting, they are completely over-awed by his presence. But before the evening is over, Gerald has been brutally murdered. Summoned to investigate, Detective Chief...
18) Strange ways
Author
Publisher
Canelo Adventure
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
No magician has ever escaped Coldwater Prison. But that is exactly where Amanda Coleman, heist artist and Abra-killer, must go. Somewhere in London, a mysterious blackmailer has enough evidence to put Amanda?s head in a noose and ensure her only remaining daughter, Michaela, is right alongside her when it happens. To save Michaela, Amanda must assassinate one of Coldwater?s most infamous residents. But the only way in is as an inmate. But a notorious...
Author
Series
Breakfast Club Adventures volume 3
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Marcus and the Breakfast Club Investigators are back and better than ever, just in time for for a brand new investigation! The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Phantom Thief is the third book in an exciting mystery series by England International footballer, child food-poverty campaigner and bestselling author Marcus Rashford MBE, inspired by Marcus's own experiences growing up! Written with Alex Falase-Koya, it is the perfect book for children aged...
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Series
The Last Templar Mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Canelo Adventure
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
No clues, and everyone?s a suspect... Agatha Kyteler, regarded as a witch by her superstitious neighbours, has no shortage of enemies. But when her body is found frozen and mutilated in a hedge one wintry morning, there seem to be no clues as to who could be responsible. Until a local youth runs away and a cry is raised? Sir Baldwin Furnshill, Keeper of the King?s Peace, is not convinced of the youth?s guilt, and he manages to persuade his close friend...
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